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innie, n. colloq. (orig. U.S.).
Brit. |ˈɪni|, U.S. |ˈɪni|
Forms: 19– innie, 19– inny
[‹ in adv. + -y suffix6. Compare outie n.]
A concave navel; (also) a person having such a navel. Cf. outie n. 1.
1966J. D. Ball et al. Loosely Speaking: Centennial Lex. Carleton Neologisms (Carleton Coll.) 11 Innie, a human being with a concave navel (i.e. most of us). 1972Washington Post 22 Oct. (Potomac section) 19/1 Any number of permutations can be wrought with that useless ornament, the belly-button; it can be raised, lowered, enlarged, reduced, made to obtrude (an ‘outie’) or to recede (an ‘innie’). 1986N.Y. Times (Nexis) 2 Nov. vii.39/1 Sure, I've compared bellybuttons. I've noticed that some people, like me, are innies; others are outies. 2003Sunday Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 7 Dec. 14 There are lots of pictures of Stefani's belly button. It's an inny, incidentally. |